Species Stigmodera gratiosa Chevrolat, 1843
- Stigmodera gratiosa Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1843. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Buprestide. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 6: 201 [201].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Stigmodera smaragdina Hope, F.W. 1847. Descriptions of various coleopterous insects from New Holland, collected chiefly by Mr. Fortnum, at Adelaide. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4(5): 280–285 [283].
Type data:
Holotype OUM COLE0978 sex unknown, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [25]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: [ASTERACEAE] Giant Yellow Everlasting; Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees; Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees; Agonis spp. [MYRTACEAE]; Hakea spp. [PROTEACEAE]; Melaleuca spp. [MYRTACEAE]), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Peppermint; Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees; Melaleuca spp. [MYRTACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
McMillan (1952) reported adults from Leptospermum and some species of Hakea, and Hawkeswood & Peterson (1982) cited that the larvae breed in Melaleuca and Leptospermum.
Associated Flora References
Golding, M.R. 2006. A pictorial field guide to the beetles of Australia. Joondalup, Western Australia : Ocean Publishing Part 1: Stigmoderini pp. 50. [3] (Agonis spp.)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [52, plate 60] (Agonis spp.)
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [244] (Agonis spp.)
McMillan, R.P. 1952. Western Australian Stigmodera. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 145-147 [146] (Agonis spp.)
Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus and Robertson xi 560 pp. 44 pls. [217] (Agonis spp.)
General References
Carter, H.J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265-304 [Date published 24 Mar 1929] [289]
Gardner, J.A. 1988. Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of some Australian Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 112(4): 163-167 [164] (chromosome number)
Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [337]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [52] (Plate 60 [colour])
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [244] (larval food plant)
Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 21-126 [87] (2835)
McMillan, R.P. 1952. Western Australian Stigmodera. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 145-147 [146] (adult and larval hosts)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [708]
Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [25]
History of changes
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03-Oct-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
10-Sep-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MOVED | |
16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
04-Aug-2021 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
24-Dec-2020 | BUPRESTOIDEA | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
05-Mar-2019 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |